Why should we typedef a struct so often in C?

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Published on 2008-10-31T07:14:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 7:22 UTC
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I have seen many programs consisting of structures like the one below

typedef struct 
{
 int i;
 char k;
} elem;
elem user;

I have seen this many times. Why is it needed so often? Any specific reason or applicable area?

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